Official Secret Santa Picture Thread

[Mr Ed]

Looks great Aled - nice work Rob (no sapwood accents I notice :shock: :lol: )

Cheers, Ed

 

[Paul Chapman]

That looks lovely, Aled.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Aled Dafis]

Looks great Aled - nice work Rob (no sapwood accents I notice :shock: :lol: )

Cheers, Ed

:lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:

 

[woodbloke]

Looks great Aled - nice work Rob (no sapwood accents I notice :shock: :lol: )

Cheers, Ed

:lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:

Sapwood :shock: :lol: ...it's made from American Cherry (laminated construction) and Rosewood (...I think, can't remeber exactly what I used ) Pin is a masonry nail ground and polished on the leather wheel of the Tormek, finish is umpteen coats of shellac with some wax over the top - Rob

 

[Anonymous]

A Little late posting - sorry, not been near a PC for over a week (bliss) - I am not really a 'web surfer' and I program or analyse/calculate with them every day at work, so try to avoid them during holidays

I opened my Santa's gift on Christmas day and am over the moon!! I am really chuffed as my Santa not only gave me a beautiful and useful (used 3 times already!) gift, but the box showed off great dovetailing skill and a little note inside said that my DT tutorial helped with learning said skills

Thanks Santa - you know who you are (and so do I :wink: ), I am truly chuffed to bits and have shown it to all friends and family who popped round :lol:

 

[wizer]

oh yes, very nice and I think I have a very good idea who sent it too!

Well Done

 

[Paul Chapman]

That's lovely, Tony. Would be nice to know who made it.....

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[woodbloke]

Hells teeth :x ...that's what I was going to do next year, I've even ordered the hex bit. Back to the drawing board Nice little box and 'driver though Tony - Rob

 

[Anonymous]

That's lovely, Tony. Would be nice to know who made it.....

Cheers :wink:

Paul

Not sure I should bobscarle say :wink:

 

[Paul Chapman]

That's lovely, Tony. Would be nice to know who made it.....

Cheers :wink:

Paul

Not sure I should bobscarle say :wink:

Well done, Bob - a lovely gift =D>

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Karl]

Excellent work Bob.

Rob - if you want to make me one for next Xmas, I don't mind

Cheers

Karl

 

[woodbloke]

Excellent work Bob.

Rob - if you want to make me one for next Xmas, I don't mind

Cheers

Karl

Hey Karl - you need to speak nicely to Ed to fiddle the draw :lol: - Rob

 

[Karl]

:lol:

 

[Mr Ed]

Looks like a lovely gift Tony - well done Bob.

I must point out that the drawmaster is wholly impartial and the allocation cannot be fiddled - feel free to test this out with tool bribery if you wish :wink:

Cheers, Ed

 

[Waka]

The box is stunning and to find the tool inside is a real bonus, well done Bob.
Tony do you know how to use the tool :wink:

 

[big soft moose]

So I know who my secret santa was now... so a big thank you to tony for the saw and marking knife and erm.. that other thing. ( I would stress that it isnt tony's fault i dont know what it is , I'm a bit of a hand tool novice)

could i ask you to enlighten my ignorance and let me know what it is and what i should do with it (polite answers only )

 

[Anonymous]

The box is stunning and to find the tool inside is a real bonus, well done Bob.
Tony do you know how to use the tool :wink:

No problem, just got to get the battery fully charged and she's away :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

So I know who my secret santa was now... so a big thank you to tony for the saw and marking knife and erm.. that other thing. ( I would stress that it isnt tony's fault i dont know what it is , I'm a bit of a hand tool novice)

could i ask you to enlighten my ignorance and let me know what it is and what i should do with it (polite answers only )

A pleasure :wink:

It is a dovetail marking guage made with my own fair hands (as was the knife handle and blade - but not the saw ) and the two pieces are joined with a sliding dovetail.

Use it to mark out the dovetails as shown in this piccy

http://www.robcosman.com/tools_markers.php

If you can get hold of Rob Cosman's DT videos, it is pretty much the same design as the one he uses

 

[Mr Ed]

I'm just trying to close out the last few missing links of people who have not received gifts yet.

By my records of the 23 people who signed up;

18 have definitely received gifts.
2 have not posted in the thread to say a gift is received, but I know they have been sent.
2 people have yet to receive a gift, but I believe them to be en-route or imminent.
1 person has not received a gift from a member who appears to have gone AWOL - not sure what to do about this one...

So all in all not a bad success rate, but I really want to make sure everyone gets something otherwise it won't feel like a success to me. If anyone can shed light on the missing links then please let me know.

Cheers, Ed

 

[MikeG.]

Ed,

could I just add my voice to those appreciative of your efforts with this. Although I didn't take part (next year, maybe?!) I think it is a brilliant idea, and I know it must have taken quite a bit of organnising. Well done!

Mike